Jaipal gets oil, 3 elevated in Cabinet reshuffle

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday rejigged the Union cabinet, without disturbing the 'big four' incumbents in Finance, Home, Defence and External Affairs. This was the first cabinet reshuffle in the UPA-II after it retained power in May 2009.

Praful Patel, Sriprakash Jaiswal and Salman Khursheed were elevated as Cabinet ministers. Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy has been shifted to Petroleum and Natural Gas, while Kapil Sibal retains Telecom and HRD.

Cabinet ministers:

Praful Patel : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Shriprakash Jaiswal : Coal
Salman Khursheed : Water Resources and additional charge of Minority Affairs

Minister of State (Independent charge):
 
Ajay Maken : Youth Affairs and Sports
Beni Prasad Verma : Steel
Professor K. V. Thomas : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Ministers of State:

Ashwani Kumar : Planning and Parliamentary Affairs and Science and Technology and Earth Sciences
K.C. Venugopal : Power

The portfolios of the following ministers may also be changed as indicated below:

Cabinet ministers:

Sharad Pawar : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
Virbhadra Singh : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Vilasrao Deshmukh : Rural Development and additional charge of Panchayati Raj
S. Jaipal Reddy : Petroleum and Natural Gas
Kamal Nath : Urban Development
Vayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian Affairs and additional charge of Civil Aviation
Murli Deora : Corporate Affairs
Kapil Sibal : Human Resource Development and additional charge of Communications and Information Technology
B.K. Handique : Development of North-Eastern Region
C.P. Joshi : Road Transport and Highways
Kumari Selja : Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and additional charge of Culture
Subodh Kant Sahay : Tourism
Dr. M.S. Gill : Statistics and Programme Implementation
Pawan Kumar Bansal : Parliamentary Affairs and additional charge of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences

Minister of State (Independent charge):

Shri Dinsha Patel : Mines

Ministers of State:

E. Ahamed : External Affairs
Harish Rawat : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
V. Narayanasamy : Parliamentary Affairs and Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Prime Minister's Office
Gurudas Kamat : Home Affairs
A. Sai Prathap : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Bharatsinh Solanki : Railways
Jitin Prasada : Road Transport and Highways
Mahadev S Khandela : Tribal Affairs
R.P.N. Singh : Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs
Tusharbhai Chaudhary : Road Transport and Highways
Arun Yadav : Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
Pratik Prakashbapu Patil : Coal


MINISTERS THEN AND NOW

Cabinet Ministers	New Ministry	Old Ministry
Sharad Pawar	Agriculture and Food Processing Industries	Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Virbhadra Singh	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Steel
Vilasrao Deshmukh	Rural Development and additional charge of Panchayati Raj	Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
S. Jaipal Reddy	Petroleum and Natural Gas	Urban Development
Kamal Nath	Urban Development	Road Transport and Highways
Vayalar Ravi	Overseas Indian Affairs and additional charge of Civil Aviation	Overseas Indian Affairs
Murli Deora	Corporate Affairs	Petroleum and Natural Gas
Kapil Sibal	HRD and additional charge of Communications and Information Technology	Human Resource Development; Science and Technology; and Earth Sciences; and Communications and Information Technology
B.K. Handique	Development of North-Eastern Region	Mines and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
C.P. Joshi	Road Transport and Highways	Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj
Kumari Selja	Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and additional charge of Culture	Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Tourism
Subodh Kant Sahay	Tourism	Food Processing Industries
M.S. Gill	Statistics and Programme Implementation /	Youth Affairs and Sports
Pawan Kumar Bansal	Parliamentary Affairs and additional charge of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences	Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Water Resources
Salman Khursheed	Water resources and additional charge of minority affairs	Corporate Affairs, Minority Affairs
Praful Patel	Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises	Civil Aviation
Shriprakash Jaiswal	Coal	Coal